| Born | James Thomas Docherty 5 June 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 18 October 2014 (aged 83) St Andrews, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jimmy Docherty (5 June 1931 – 18 October 2014) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer. In his rugby career he played as a Centre.
Docherty played for Glasgow HSFP.
He was selected by Glasgow District to play Australia.
He was capped for Scotland 8 times between 1955 and 1958.
Docherty also played for the Barbarians.
His father was a tailor but he was also a noted footballer; on the books for Glasgow Rangers, Clyde and Ayr United.
After he retired from rugby he ran the family tailor business.